Adena Friedman

Bio

Adena Friedman served as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of The Carlyle Group and was based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Carlyle in March 2011, Ms. Friedman was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy for The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. In August 2009, Ms. Friedman assumed the role of CFO, responsible for all financial, tax, investor relations, enterprise risk management and investment matters. As head of Corporate Strategy from 2003 - 2011, Ms. Friedman's responsibilities also included identifying and developing strategic opportunities, including all M&A, for NASDAQ OMX. From 2000 - 2009, Ms. Friedman also served as the Executive Vice President of the Global Data Products business, a $250M revenue business unit within NASDAQ OMX. Ms. Friedman joined NASDAQ in 1993, where she served in several roles, including Senior Vice President of NASDAQ Data Products, Director of Product Management for several trading-related products, and Marketing Manager. Ms. Friedman earned an M.B.A. from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a B.A. in political science from Williams College in Massachusetts.

Career

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	NASDAQ Inc President and Chief Executive Officer
	The Carlyle Group LP Managing Director (past)
	NASDAQ OMX Group Inc Electronic, screen-based stock exchange Chief Financial Officer (past) Corporate Strategy Executive Vice President (past) Corporate Strategy